2003: EA releases The Sims: Superstar for PC in the US. Contrary to popular belief, the game had absolutely nothing to do with Molly Shannon, Catholic schoolgirls, or late 90s comedy.

2003: EA releases The Sims: Makin' Magic for PC in the US. Now I've been known to hate on The SIms (only because it's the not fun style of addictive and I'm only listing two of their 1,000,000 expansions here), but isn't there a moment in every Sims player's life when they look at a virtual person pulling out virtual rabbits from virtual hats while virtually laughing at virtual speaking, when they think, "at least I'm not playing Second Life." Mark Wilson

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